On August 22, 2024, Microsoft announced the release of the Azure AI Phi model. This new model aims to enhance AI capabilities with improved efficiency and flexibility. It is now available for developers to integrate into their AI solutions. What is Azure
Microsoft and NVIDIA announced a collaboration to help developers build AI-enabled applications using Azure AI and NVIDIA AI. This partnership aims to make advanced AI capabilities more accessible and reduce the complexity and cost of AI development. What are Azure AI and NVIDIA
Effective July 18, 2024, OpenAI’s fastest model, GPT-4o mini, is available on Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service. This model offers significant improvements in speed, cost, and multilingual capabilities. It supports text processing with excellent speed, and image, audio, and video capabilities will be added later.
From July 1, 2024, Microsoft expands purchasing options in Azure OpenAI to include the Provisioned Throughput Unit (PTU) offer. PTU is a provisioned-capacity offer that provides consistent latency for uniform workloads. This is available through SCHNEIDER IT MANAGEMENT as your Cloud Solution Provider (CSP),
Effective July 1, 2024, Microsoft ended its free Azure Standard Support offer for customers using Enterprise Agreements (EA) or Microsoft Customer Agreements (MCA-E). Only subscription management and billing support remain free. Azure Support Plan Offer No Longer Available Microsoft’s Support Plan which provided
Effective July 1, 2024, SCHNEIDER IT MANAGEMENT introduces updated Premier Support Plans for Microsoft products, that bring Microsoft Premier Support at attractive conditions to customers. With coverage of Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft On-premises software (not included in Basic), support requests get resolved
On July 1, 2024, Microsoft has announced that there will be no price adjustments for its Commercial Cloud and On-Premises software services in September 2024. This decision comes in light of the relative stability of foreign exchange rates with the U.S. dollar. Commitment
Effective May 1, 2024, the availability of Azure compute reservation exchanges for Azure Virtual Machine (VM), Azure Dedicated Host, and Azure App Service offerings has been extended until further notice. An exchange refers to modifying an existing reservation by changing its attributes, such as
Effective May 21, 2024, new AI-models join Microsoft Azure AI. GPT-4o and GPT-4 Turbo are now available in Azure AI Studio and as an application programming interface (API). Phi-3-vision, a new cost-effective model, also became available in Azure. GPT-4o GPT-4o is OpenAI’s newest
Microsoft Risk Assessments are services designed to help your organization identify and mitigate security risks within Microsoft technology implementations as part of a Risk Assessment Program (RAP). With data being collected remotely, an expert analyzes the gathered data to create a findings report containing remediation recommendations and discusses it with
Microsoft Azure is a powerful cloud platform that offers a growing collection of integrated services for organizations. This guide will help you navigate Azure’s licensing landscape effectively, ensuring you can optimize costs and maximize the benefits of its services. What is Microsoft Azure? Microsoft Azure is a versatile cloud
In March of 2025, Microsoft announced meter price reductions in Copilot Studio, that make using custom agents for non-Microsoft 365 Copilot users more affordable. Also, deep reasoning capabilities join both Copilot Studio and Microsoft 365 Copilot that allow the AI to think longer about prompts and give better answers.